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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:59:20 +0200
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: David Daney <ddaney.cavm@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/5] scripts: Add sortextable to sort the kernel's
	exception table.
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On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 02:59:55PM -0700, David Daney wrote:
> From: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>
> 
> Using this build-time sort saves time booting as we don't have to burn
> cycles sorting the exception table.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>
> ---
>  scripts/.gitignore    |    1 +
>  scripts/Makefile      |    1 +
>  scripts/sortextable.c |  273 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  scripts/sortextable.h |  168 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

If there is only a single file including the .h file - then there is no gain.
Just fold it into the .c file.


	Sam